Part of the problem is that lots of gas stations are going to single nozzle pumps which means you'll get a not insignificant leftover quantity of whatever the last guy bought. With a say, 4 gallon tank (assuming you run it dry) that could be a problem. Chuck.

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Ace "Fireball 535" (#10)Ace "GP" head on the shelf and waiting.Featherbed frame conversion.

Ice:Everything you mention may be true but just where does that leave you when the only gas available is an alcohol/gas mix from a dual fuel pump?If you ran it bone dry, your motorcycles gas tank cannot possibly hold the full 4 gallons you will be required to buy .

It wouldn't surprise me a bit for a filling station to refuse to sell you fuel if it came to selling you less than the mandate and violating the EPA's law or not selling you any fuel and complying with the law.

Here in lower westchester ny we only have ethanol fuel. It sucks and when they go to e15 it will suck more. If they have a 4 gallon rule you are going to see alot of people spillling gas on the ground from the gas cans they fill up and then spill at hom when the top off their bikes. I live near a HD shop, I wonder if they will start selling gas shares, like you put 2 gallons in your bike and we will credit you 2 gallons the next time you come by? Might be a plan.

In California we already have the e10 mandated so it's mixed before it gets to the service station so we might not be effected by a 4 gallon minimum mandate. If we do about the only way I can think of to cope is to get a 5 gallon gas can and fill at home from that. There should be alot of 4 to 5 gallon gas cans available if this goes through. Probably alot of bikes will go to 5 gallon gas tanks.

Looks to me like the ones who need to be in jail are the ones who are making the rules.

Elections coming. Can't put them in jail but we can vote them out. The AMA has been watching this one closely. Join! They have a good magazine and the 10% discount with Bike Bandit more than pays for my subscription every year.

Ice:Everything you mention may be true but just where does that leave you when the only gas available is an alcohol/gas mix from a dual fuel pump?If you ran it bone dry, your motorcycles gas tank cannot possibly hold the full 4 gallons you will be required to buy .

It wouldn't surprise me a bit for a filling station to refuse to sell you fuel if it came to selling you less than the mandate and violating the EPA's law or not selling you any fuel and complying with the law.

It leaves those bikes with less than 5 gallon gas tanks high and dry in my estimation.

I am not crazy about the idea of being forced to carry a gas can on my Bullet for the extra.

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I can break it better,,,,at night, in the rain, on the trail,, 20 miles from nowhere.

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"TIMEX", the '06 Iron Barrel Military that takes me everywhere I want to go... and some places I shouldn't.